Subject: Re: Configuring two network cards in SPARCstation 4
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/01/2002 13:59:04
> [alex@sparc4]/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc/conf % netstat -rn
[...]
> 10.66.238.4        127.0.0.1          UGHS        0        0  33228  lo0

> Notice the 10.66.238.4 entry - looks very weird.  This is the one
> bound to the be0 card.  Why is it on lo0?

Because it's the machine's own address.  Loopback routes are normally
added for the machine's own address, to avoid speaking to the hardware
when talking to itself.

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